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Patented July 8, I902.

ATTORNEYS H. NEWLIN.

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phcation filed Oct 7, 1901 1 I I I! I,

(I! I d l VIZ/ 258858 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARVEY NEWLIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEYV YORK.

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SIECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 704,206, dated July 8,1902.

Application filed October '7. 19Q1. Serial No. 77,766. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARVEY NEWLIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bibs, of which thefollowing is a full and complete specification, such as will enablethose skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The object of this invention is to provide a bib of improvedconstruction whereby the same may be quickly and easily connected withand suspended from the neck of a child and will remain in positionwithout hurting or injuring the child until removed; and with this andother objects in View the invention consists in a bib constructed ashereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, in which theseparate parts of my improvement are designated by the same referencecharacters in each of the views, Figure 1 is a front view of a bibconstructed according to myinvention; Fig. 2, a plan view thereof of a.spring-ring which I employ, and Fig. 3 a section on the line 3 3 of Fig.1.

In the practice of my invention I provide a bib 5, which is of thegeneral form usually employed, the body portion of which is preferablycomposed of oil-cloth or other similar material, and the entire is alsopreferably provided with a binding 6, sewed thereto or connectedtherewith in any desired manner, and the body portion of said bib isalso provided with a neck portion 7,in which is formed a centralcircular opening 8, which opens upwardly or backwardly at 9 through thesaid neck portion 7.

Placed around the central circular neckopening 7 is an open spring-ring10, provided at the open side with projecting jaws 11, and thisspring-ring 10 is held in place by a hem or tape 12, by which it isinclosed, and said hem or tape also incloses the parallel jaws 11 at theopen side of said ring.

The spring-ring 10 is preferably composed of short straight sections, asindicated at 13, and by means of this construction I increase theresiliency of the spring, the separate short straight sections thereofoperating to produce this result. Myimproved bib may be quickly andeasily sprung. onto the neck of a child at any time and will remain inposition as long as desired, the spring-ring 10 serving to hold the bibsecurely in place without pinching or otherwise injuring the neck of achild, and the parallel jaws 11 at the open side of the ring facilitatesthe operation thereof and also serve to hold the said spring-ring inplace.

The body of the bib 5 is also preferably provided at the bottom thereofwith the usual pocket 14, and my invention is not limited to thematerial of which the bib is made nor to the general shape thereof, andI reserve the right to make all such alterations thereon as come withinthe'scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bib comprising a body and neck opening provided with a circularneck-opening which opens outwardly through the neck por= tion by meansof a radial slit formed therein, and'a circular open spring contractilering placed around said neck-opening and held in place by a hem or tape,said ring being pro= vided at theopeuing therein with radial ex tensionswhich are secured in the opposite sides of said slit substantially asshown and described.

2. A bib provided with a neck portion having a circular neck-openingwhich opens outwardly through said neck portion by means of a radialslit, and an open spring-ring se cured around the periphery of saidcircular opening and provided at the open side with parallel radialprojections which are secured inthe side portions of said slit,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 4th day of October,1901.

HARVEY NEWLIN.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, F. F. TELLER.

